| > This post seems to be haphazardly proposing that big tech will inevitably make everyone's lives miserable. Except that’s already happening. Through social media being engineered to be additive, advertising and user data collection being used to manipulate voters, AI bosses proudly claiming they’re putting people out of work, and games companies paying on the weak with loot boxes and other massively overpriced in game transactions. And why isn’t there any legislation against these predatory tactics? Because big tech also donate millions to the very people we elect and who are supposed to serve the citizens. And that’s without discussing the indirect costs of big tech from data centres ruining the lives of local residents, to independent stores getting screwed by knockoffs from Amazon and cheap Chinese stores. > seems to have no issue with Google hosting their email. That’s a pretty weak counterpoint. In fact it’s basically what we call an “ad hominem attack”. What you’re doing is arguing about the individual rather than discussing their points directly. It’s like saying “you can’t be worried about climate change because you own a car.” > It's hard to take this too seriously (even if there is some legitimate worry here) If you think there is legitimate worry the you should take their points seriously. It would be contradictory to do otherwise |
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